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CENTRAL VALLEY — Four Monroe-Woodbury High School seniors who are Pop Warner members were recently awarded Rockland County Pop Warner Football and Cheering’s 2018 Mackey, Emanuelo and Grogran scholarships.

Bradley Byrnes is a seven-year Pop Warner player who was a member of the high school’s winter and spring track teams. He also played for three years as a starter on the school’s junior varsity and varsity football teams.

In 2017 he was named most valuable player was selected to play Section 9’s “Exceptional Senior” game in Newburgh.

He will attend Monmouth University this fall.

Lauren Friedman started as a mighty mite cheerleader for M-W Pop Warner and was a member of one of the first cheerleader teams to participate in Nationals in Orlando when she was a junior midget.

Friedman was a member of M-W Pop Warner Rave for three years and was a buddy on the Rockland County Magic Cheer Team for several years.

She was a student demonstrator who helped bring her team to Disney World Nationals for two consecutive years.

Friedman was also a high school cheerleader who was named varsity captain during her senior year.

She will also attend Monmouth University this fall.

Owen Chambers played for Pop Warner since age 6 and ended his final football season this year as a middle linebacker.

As a varsity player, he was a two-year starter, captain and first team all-section player. He has also assisted the M-W Pop Warner Tiny Mite and Mighty Mite team coaches for many years.

He will attend University of Buffalo this fall.

Matthew Sequinott played for Pop Warner since age 5 and played for RCPWFC for nine years. He also played on the M-W modified junior varsity and varsity teams. He was a defensive end and was on special teams player.